"FFD3" will be open to OLLI students who have taken "First And Final Draft".
This new course will focus on a critical element of effective storytelling, creating compelling characters. Whether you are writing memoir where you play a leading role, writing narrative non-fiction with protagonists created for dramatic effect, or writing fiction, with a world populated by invented characters, you need engaging characters to bring readers into the story. In this workshop, you practice getting your characters out of your head and onto the page. You can bring new work or a current project for discussions of voice, point of view, description, dialogue and reflection. You still have that story on your mind, and maybe even on your desk. Let's get it out for others to enjoy!

Requirement: a computerized device in good working order. Your camera and microphone must work and be on at all times. This class requires participation and interaction with the instructor and fellow students during every session.

After a lifetime in New York City and three careers, Lou-Ellen Barkan and her husband retired to the Berkshires where she teaches, writes and runs a writers' group. Her work has appeared in Lowestoft Chronicle, Penumbra, Round Table Magazine, Bright Flash, The Jewish Literary Journal and Little Old Lady Comedy, among others. A sample of her work can be read at https://www.clippings.me/users/lebarkan.

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